Month: July 2011

  • PRINCETON: Peace Coalition plans Hiroshima event

        The Princeton-based Coalition for Peace Action (CFPA) will host a 66th anniversary commemoration of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings on Tuesday, Aug. 9, in Princeton.     The event will begin with a bring-your-own picnic at 6 p.m. (no alcoholic beverages permitted), followed by the program at 7 p.m. Both are planned at the…

  • ROCKY HILL: 3oth anniversary of historic district

    ROCKY HILL: 3oth anniversary of historic district

    By Stephanie Vaccaro, Staff Writer    ROCKY HILL — As Rocky Hill gears up to celebrate the 30th anniversary of its historic district this year, it’s clear that preservation is about more than quaint architecture.    ”With the economic shifts and the realization that we need to build more compactly and build walkable communities and be more…

  • PRINCETON: PJ’s is getting a partner

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer    PJ’s Pancake House in Princeton has partnered with a South Brunswick restaurateur to grow and develop its lunch and dinner business.    ”We are partners with the current owners to build on the legacy of it,” said John Procaccini, one of the new partners.    Mr. Procaccini also is an owner of…

  • MONTGOMERY: Sop Local campaign is gaining momentum

       MONTGOMERY — The community’s Shop Local campaign is gaining momentum.    The Township Committee is contributing $1,400, which will come from the budget of its Environmental Commission, for the cost of purchasing promotional materials.    Under the agreement, both the Montgomery Business Association (MBA) and the Environmental Commission will work together to promote the Shop Local campaign,…

  • GUEST COLUMN: Let’s conserve water and use it wisely!

    By Nora Sirbaugh    The heat wave combined with low rainfall is a deadly combination for any living creature, plant or human. We need rain. On July 19, I was doing happy dances in the rain — we had three-tenths of an inch in 20 minutes. Not much, but having seen no rain since July 8,…

  • SENIOR MENUS

    July 28-Aug. 4    All meals are served at noon at Hibernia Apartments in Lambertville.    Reservations are required. Call 609-397-2228 24 hours in advance.    The value of each meal is $5.10. Any amount donated over this is a tax-deductible contribution.    All menus are subject to change and include milk and margarine.    The sodium-controlled menu is the…

  • PRINCETON: Long marks 25th year as director of Hun Day Camp
  • Monroe 12s win state title

    The Monroe Township 12U purple baseball team last week beat Millburn Short Hills 11-2 in the New Jersey State Championship game, extending their record to 24-2 this season. This makes four state championships in the last five years for this team. The next step for the boys is the Mid- Atlantic Regional Championship, which is…

  • Scalfani looking forward to coaching EB girls basketball

    BY JIMMY ALLINDER Correspondent Tom Scalfani A nybody who doesn’t believe basketball is asmuch a mental game as it is physical should listen to East Brunswick High School’s new girls coach, Tom Scalfani. “I come from Brooklyn,” Scalfani says, “and grew up playing a lot of chess. What attracted me to basketball was that it…